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irisarian Aug 8, 2010 7:32 AM CST |
May I post this here? Does lavender need a great deal of sun? half day? |
Dear Lucy. it does like some sun yes! But the most important thing with it is. it does not like wet soil. It likes a dry place with a bit of sun. The more sun the better but it can tolerate half a day easily! The next thing to remember is it cannot grow from old wood; so if you prune it back to old wood it will die. So after it has flowered you trim it back, I use a hedge trimmer on mine, trim it back into this years growth, not last years old stuff. This will keep it in shape and stop it going all leggy as it often does when not trimmed back. Of course most people keep the trimmings for lavender cushions and things, as not only is the smell wonderful, but it is a great natural insecticide! Plus it makes good ice cream! Hope this helps. Regards. Neil. |
Dear Lucy, look at what the dry weather has done to the clay soil where I was today! Not a nice sight and that is after some rain. Regards. Neil. ![]() |
irisarian Aug 20, 2010 4:26 AM CST |
Our soil isn't clay but the drought is making everyone very nervous. I was talking to a member of our iris society & she said that neighbors were complaining about their lawns, after which we both hooted. Gardeners are a strange bunch. However I notice that our daylily foliage is dying back much earlier that usual. I think that it probably won't harm them, but it does make one nervous. |
irisarian Aug 21, 2010 9:42 AM CST |
True. We could still use some however. I'm afraid that I will lose this spring's iris seedlings if it doesn't rain, in spite of the watering can patrol. That would be 2 yrs in a row. 2009 was too much rain & I think that the seeds rotted. |
Dear Lucy, that is a shame to say the least. Unfortunately we cannot control the weather, for what is good for one person is not quite what another person wants. It was the Worlds Earth Day today, and that is sad, very sad. They have worked out how much Carbon Dioxide can be pumped into the atmosphere in one year for the world to feed itself, the world passed its yearly limit today and it is August! This means that all the plants in the world cannot take the Carbon Dioxide we and animals put out,and provide oxygen. sad in the space of just over one hundred years the invention of the combustion engine has caused a lot of this. To think 8% of the worlds oil is used to make plastic and only 1% is recycled, what a waste. My wife does have a car, it will do 125 mph but it also does 58 mpg, why do people need these massive petrol guzzling cars. Surely 125 mph is fast enough as the speed limit is 70 mph anyway, does not make any sense to me, but I have always been logical. Hope your Iris seedlings survive. Kindest Regards. Neil. |
irisarian Aug 21, 2010 9:32 PM CST |
Thank you, I do too. Some will, but there are few enough in different crosses, that there seems to be no pattern. Of course you know all that about seeds. |
irisarian Aug 24, 2010 6:31 PM CST |
Raining here still, not a heavy rain but off & on showers. Our garden has very sharp drainage in the iris beds away from the house. those closer in have better luck with moisture not running away from them. So my tiny seedlings are in beds which retain more moisture. I will check on them when the rain stops Wed afternoon. I hope they will be happier now. |
Dear Lucy, I am glad for you as there is nothing worse than losing seedlings. I do hope you get enough rain but not as much as we had when it wrecked a lot of plants! I bet you are most happy? Regards. Neil. |
irisarian Aug 24, 2010 9:07 PM CST |
It's cold now, but happy for the rain. the last 2 days have been difficult as I can't go out side to avoid the sound of the giant dentist in the basement. But the weeds better watch out, I am coming. |
cececoogan Aug 25, 2010 6:20 AM CST |
We emptied and removed Ariana's pool this weekend and this is what we found underneath it.....![]() so this morning this is what I did to it........... ![]() Told hubby it makes a perfect place for another garden bed. Later I will go out and put a couple of trash bags of leaf mulch in between the pots and next spring I can plant it......... I like the east way of doing it. ![]() ![]() the faster I go, the behinder I get |
cececoogan Aug 25, 2010 6:49 AM CST |
I added a few more pots, view from front, side back and other side-back![]() ![]() ![]() the faster I go, the behinder I get |
cececoogan Aug 25, 2010 6:50 AM CST |
And Ed said he wanted to reseed there. I don't think so ![]() ![]() ![]() the faster I go, the behinder I get |
Poor fish! Plus not an Article! Regards. Neil. |
irisarian Aug 25, 2010 8:27 AM CST |
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